Biography

Executive board member of the National Association of Scholars. Coordinator of the Comparative Ethnic American Studies Program at Towson University. Coordinator of the Bernard Malamud Literary Society. Founding member of MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Society), the leading society for research in teaching ethnic American literature.

Academic Background

B.A.: Brooklyn College (English).
M.A.: University of Oregon (English).
Ph.D.: University of Oregon (English).

Publications or Presentations

Rebels and Victims: Fiction of Richard Wright and Bernard Malamud (New York, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1980).
The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud (forthcoming). Numerous articles on the culture wars in such publications as Midstream and the Jewish Times.